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March 12, 2007 12:00 AM - John Heilprin, Associated Press

The Bush administration wants to allow ocean farming for shellfish, salmon and saltwater species in federal waters for the first time, hoping to grab a greater share of the $70 billion aquaculture market.

March 9, 2007 12:00 AM - Associated Press

State and federal biologists have ruled out several causes in the deaths of 850 ducks this winter and were still trying to figure out how they died.
Avian flu, bacterial infections and exposure to heavy metals and toxins have been ruled out as culprits in the only mass duck die-off its kind nationally.

March 9, 2007 12:00 AM - Reuters

A new task force funded by the Canadian government and the province of Alberta will study ways to capture and store greenhouse gases emitted by the province's massive oil sands projects, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.

March 9, 2007 12:00 AM - Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press

The first animal to crawl onto land from the ocean probably looked a bit like today's salamander, and researchers have wondered how it was able to switch from swimming to walking. Now, European scientists have built a robot with a primitive electric nervous system that they say mimics that change in motion.

March 7, 2007 12:00 AM - Emma Graham-Harrison, Reuters

Forget how much coal it burns. Forget its double-digit economic growth. Forget subsidised prices and the fact that a new car hits China's roads every six seconds.
The biggest obstacle in China's path to curbing its wasteful energy ways may be the roofs over its citizens' heads.

March 7, 2007 12:00 AM - Dan Keane, Associated Press

Cuban scientists are studying the possible medicinal benefits of the coca leaf, a Bolivian official said Tuesday, signaling a possible expansion of President Evo Morales' plans to develop more legal products from a plant that is the chief ingredient of cocaine.

March 5, 2007 12:00 AM - Associated Press

Cambodia's prime minister warned Monday that increasing population and over-exploitation of fisheries and wildlife pose a dire threat to his country's Tonle Sap, or "Great Lake," the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia.

March 5, 2007 12:00 AM - Orla Ryan, Reuters

The first country in sub-Saharan Africa to win independence, Ghana turns 50 this month. While it may be older and wiser, it is also decidedly less green. Originally forests covered 36 percent of Ghana's territory but by 2000 this had shrunk to just 10 percent, according to a 2004 report by the country's Environmental Protection Agency.